Improvement in machines for wiring and binding hats



H. A. WHITING.

Machines for Wiring and Binding Hats. N0,138,459 PaientedAprfizgmss! UNITEE STATES HENRY A. \VIIITIXG, OF NEW' YORK, N.

PATENT OFFICE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR WIRING AND BINDING HATS.

Specification forming pmt of Letters Patent- No. 138,459, dated April Q9, 1873; application tiled March 20, 1873.

1o all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY A. WmTxXG, ot' the city, county, and State ot' New York, have invented a new and Improved Machine for Wiring and Binding Hats; and I do hereby declare the following to be a. full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable those skilledr in the art to make and use the same, reference being had to the acceuipanying drawing forming part ot' this specit cation, in which drawing- Fignre lY represents a transverse vertical section ot this invention. Fig. .I is a front view of thc same.

Similar letters indicate corresponding parts.

This invention consists in the combination ot' a braid-folding guide with two pressingrollers, and with an intervening abutment, in such a manner that, bypassing a braid through the folding-guide and through between the pressing-rollers, together with awire which is placed in the bight ot` the braid, tbe braid, when supplied with a suitable cement, and the wire, can be readily and neatly secured to the edge ot' a hat-frame, orotfany other article of wearing-apparel, and the tedious labor ot' sewing the'wire and braid to said edge is saved.

The pressing-rollers are forced against each other by a yielding pressure, and the diane eter of the lower pressing-roller is made small, so that the same will work between the edge and the body or crown of a hat-frame.

In the drawing, the letter A designates a frame, which forms the bearings for two shafts, ar I. T bese shafts are geared together by cog-wheels c d, and on their front ends are mounted the pressingrollers e j. The shaft n ofthe lower pressin -rollerc is mentited in rigid bearings; but t le bearings of the shaft ot the upper pressing-roller f are so arranged that they can more towanl and from the bearings of the lower pressing-miler, and they are subjected to the action of springs g, the tension ot which can be regulated by aet screws h, so that the upper pressing-roller bears ou the lower one with a yielding press ure, and that this pressure can be regulated according to circumstance@ The diameter of the lower pressing-roller e is much smaller than that of the upper pressiug-roller, so that said lower pressing-roller can work between the brim ot' a hat-frame and its crown, or that the edge ot' the article which is to be supplied with a binding and with a wire can be conveniently introduced between said two rollers independent of the shape of the article; but it must be remarked that the two pressing-rollers are geared together, so that they revolve with a uniform supertcial velocity.

Between the two pressing-rollers is situated a rigid abutment, i, which is at such a distance from the inneredges of said pressing rollers that room is obtained t'or the wire and for the binding material; and to said abutment is secured a. folding-gnide,j, through which the braid and the wire are passed, as shown in Fig. 2. By this guide the braid is folded, the wire being situated in its bight.

Before passing the braid through the folding-guide it is carried through a vessel containing water, so that it becomes moistened. and by the moisture the sizing of the braid and of the hat-frame is softened; and when the edge of the frame is placed between the folded braid and passed through between the pressingrollers, the braid is caused to adhere to its edge, and both the wire and the braid can thus be secured to said edge in an easy and expeditious manner. It' desired, howv ever, the braid can be supplied with a suitaA ble cement before it is introduced into the folding-guide.

The edge of the abutment i is, by pref ereuce, grooved, so that it forms a guide for the wire and for the bight of the foldel braid.

The frame A is so eonstnlcted that the edge of a hat-frame can be easilv intmlueed between the pressing-rollers, and l have con structed my machine particularly for the purpose of attaching braids and wires to the edges of nach frames; but it must be rc marked that my machine can be used in all cases where it ia required to apply a braid and a wire to the edge of any falvn'e. er le an article of any desiml description.

'llie pressing-roller is hollow, so that it culi und with grooved abutment i and foldingho heated, if desired. gage j, as and for the purpose herrin speel What I claim as new, und desire to secure tied.

by Letters Patent, is- IIENRY A. 'HITING.

The shafts a b, having geur-wheels c d und Witnesses:

pressiugrollers e f, constructed and arranged lV. HAUFF,

as described, in combination with each other, E. Gr. KASTENIIUBER. 

